OK I think it's added now, but the preview page isn't working. Jeremy
On Sat 06 Dec 2008 - 08:50AM, Anselm R Garbe wrote: > What about adding this patch to the wiki? > > Kind regards, > Anselm > > 2008/12/4 Jeremy Jay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Another simple patch for anyone interested. Changes the way colors are > > defined slighty, allowing you to create more color combinations. Then, > > to color the status text from stdin you can simply use the color combo # as > > follows: > > > > echo -e "\x03 warning low battery" -- will be printed with the third color > > combo > > echo -e "\x04 danger will robinson" -- will be printed with the fourth > > color combo > > echo -e " normal text \x03 warning \x04 error \x01 normal again" > > > > For example, my colors in config.h are: > > #define NUMCOLORS 4 > > static const char colors[NUMCOLORS][ColLast][8] = { > > // border foreground background > > { "#000033", "#dddddd", "#000033" }, // normal > > { "#000088", "#ffffff", "#000088" }, // selected > > { "#ff0000", "#000000", "#ffff00" }, // urgent/warning (black on > > yellow) > > { "#ff0000", "#ffffff", "#ff0000" }, // error (white on red) > > // add more here > > }; > > > > Which, coupled with my own status script results in things like the > > attached image. > > > > Hope someone else finds this handy, I let my battery die one too many > > times because I never noticed how low it was... > > > > Jeremy >